APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Differentiating Global from Holistic Cognitive Styles.

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Cognitive

  • Suhui Yap
    Queen's University
  • Li-Jun Ji
    Queen's University
  • Huajian Cai
    University of Oklahoma

Abstract

Are global and holistic cognitive styles the same thing? To empirically distinguish them, we examined Chinese and Canadian students’ performance on 10 global or holistic cognitive tasks. Cultural differences were evident in most holistic tasks, but absent in most global tasks. An EFA on these measures revealed two distinct factors.

Cognitive Processes

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